Destructive labelling (was RE: Tandy XENIX Disks)

From: Sark <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Oct 26 12:06:01 2002

>
> The same Stores also once such their ID plate on the bottom of a mouse,
> over the ball (!). OK, that one didn't do any real damage, but...
>

A similar thing happened where I work. They etched the name into the
bottom of the mice on several Macintosh computers... But the tool they
used created raised edges around the letters, so therefore the mice
wouldn't work very well, because it would catch and drag on the
mousemat. I've also seen a similar thing happen, where they used a
soldering iron to melt the ball covers in place on the Macintosh mice,
and this dragged on the mousemat even worse, and the mice soon became
useless junk because the mechanism got so dirty it wouldn't work. To
fix these, we had to unscrew the top cover of the mouse and disassemble
it to clean it. It was a real pain. And they thought people would steal
mouse balls WHY?

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Sat Oct 26 2002 - 12:06:01 BST